Barry Brownstein, FEE

Barry Brownstein

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How the Government Makes Nuclear Power Less Safe

In a free market, insurance companies play a front-line role in determining acceptable risk. Current federal law, however, allows special interest groups and "experts" to override the impartial judgment of the capital and insurance markets. → Read More

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How the Government Makes Nuclear Power Less Safe

In a free market, insurance companies play a front-line role in determining acceptable risk. Current federal law, however, allows special interest groups and "experts" to override the impartial judgment of the capital and insurance markets. → Read More

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I, Coffee: Why You Should Thank 1,000 People for Your Cup of Morning Joe

Did you know your morning cup of coffee is a miracle of human cooperation? → Read More

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How Cognitive Bias Destroyed the Livelihood of California’s Gig Workers

Before the gig economy in California is dead, what is needed is a large dose of humility to admit a mistake. → Read More

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Without Free Speech, All Speech Becomes Government Speech

In degree, America is far removed from the world of North Korea. But when government is given the power to determine what is acceptable speech, we are operating out of the same totalitarian mindset that leads to dystopian hell. → Read More

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How to Overcome the Fear, Doubt, and Anxiety That Inhibit Growth

Did you procrastinate today? You are full of good intentions, but your efforts seem to sputter out. You’re not alone. Once you learn to face Resistance, watch your commitment to a process pay compound interest. → Read More

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California Is Trying to Roll Back the Gig Economy but “Natural Liberty” Will Prevail

California’s passage of their worker status bill will harm the economy of California and grow the gig economy in surrounding states. As freedom recedes in California, people will vote with their feet. As they move, they will help spread natural liberty. → Read More

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The Myth That the World Is Facing a Population Crisis

In their book, "Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline," Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson have startling facts for those who believe the population will continue to explode. → Read More

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Steve Jobs’s Unveiling of the iPhone Holds a Timeless Economic Lesson

It is no shortcoming of Steve Jobs that he could not foresee the advances made possible by the iPhone. → Read More

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Google Is Burying Alternative Health Sites to Protect People from “Dangerous” Medical Advice

There are good reasons to be concerned that we are losing access to information with which to evaluate opposing sides of health issues. Google’s search engine algorithm has essentially ended traffic to many websites that question the medical orthodoxy. → Read More

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Why It Must Be the People Who Preserve the Flame of Liberty

Virtue begins when we want the same freedom for others that we want for ourselves. If we love liberty, we “have a conviction that each individual is created equal to all others and that he has the same unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” → Read More

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How a Faith in Feelings Can Enslave Your Mind

Gillian McCann, a professor of religion at Canada’s Nipissing University, relates the story of her graduate school supervisor advising her “to do whatever she felt.” A friend listening to her story quipped, “That kind of advice has ruined a generation.” → Read More

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Ocasio-Cortez’s Gardening Advice Echoes the Hubris of Mao’s Great Leap Forward

For Ocasio-Cortez, some vegetables are too “colonial” to grow. We may laugh at Ocasio-Cortez’s boundless hubris, but let’s learn from history. Mao was eager to dispense agricultural advice and during his rule at least 45 million lost their lives through starvation, neglect, and violence. → Read More

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Why We Should Love China, Not Fear It

The economically literate are lovers. They know in their hearts there is one human race, and when free to cooperate, human beings will trade, building a better and more peaceful life for all. → Read More

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The Linda Problem and Why Democratic Socialists Flunk Logic 101

Linda is 31, single, outspoken, and bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was concerned with issues of discrimination and social justice, and also participated in antinuclear demonstrations. Which alternative is more likely? 1. Linda is a bank teller. 2. Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement. → Read More

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Game of Thrones Might Be the Greatest Advertisement for Capitalism Ever Written

Game of Thrones is mostly about conquest and the redistribution of wealth, not the creation of wealth. Sadly, that is what modern politics has become. → Read More

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Scientists Are Hatching Mad Plans to Geoengineer Earth to Save Us from Global Warming

In his book "The Fatal Conceit," F.A. Hayek observed, “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.” → Read More

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Why Stress Is Actually One of the Best Predictors of High Life Satisfaction

It might seem that a life without adversity would be an easier path, but would the richness of our life be lost? → Read More

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A Quiz to See How “Woke” You Are on World Poverty

How woke are you? The real woke understand economics. → Read More

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Why UPS Is Able to Save the Environment While Ethanol Subsidies Destroy It

Markets—not government—act as a check against businesspeople who choose not to listen to the needs of consumers. → Read More